Autographic register.



E. J. BARKER.

AUTOGRAPHIC REGISTER.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 15, 1912.

1,169,453,, Patented Jan. 25, 1916.

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AUTOGRAPHIC REGISTER. APPLICATION FILED JUYLYQIS. 1912.

Patented Jan. 25, 1916.

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AUTOGRAPHIC REGISTER. APPLICATION FILED JULY 15. m2.

1,1669A53, Patented Jan. 25, 1916.

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ENGLAND J'. BARKER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

AUTOGRAPHIC REGISTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 25, 1916.

Application filed July 15,1912. Serial No. 709,387.

To (11110710171 it may concern:

Be it known that I, ENGLAND J. BARKER, a citizen of the United States residing at- Chieago. in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements in Autographic Registers, of. which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to autographic registers in which one or more rolls of recordpaper are journaled. and in which said paper is threaded in strips one above the other across a platen. or tablet and when written upon are adapted to be pulledlongitudinally out of the register and torn off on a suitable cutter-blade.

The objects of my invention are to provide mechanism for pulling this paper-record out of the register a certain length according as desired: to adjust the parts of this mechanism so that just the predetermined length of paper desired can be extracted; to raise the device upon the straight edge of which the extracted paper is torn off. when the said mechanism is initially gripping the forward edge of the paper record. and permit the straight edge to automatically re turn into engagement with said paper- .record when the extracting devices have moved to the limit of their extracting movement. I accomplish these and other objects by the means hereinafter fully described and as particularly pointed out in the claims.

Figure l is a side elevation of an autographic register showing my improvements applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the underside of the same. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section of the upper portion of the register taken on dotted line 3. 3. Fig. 2 showing the pull-out mechanism in the same position as in Fig. 2. Fig. 4' is a view similar to Fig. 3 showing the pull-out mechanism extended to measure a strip or ticket of the record paper. Fig. is a front end elevation of the upper part of the register drawn to a slightly enlarged scale. Fig. 6 is a sectional vieu; of the front end of the register, drawn to a greatly enlarged scale. Fig. 7 is a detail view of a fragmentary portion of the front of the register showing a modified construction of the gripping aws.

The register shown in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings represents a conventional type of register comprising a base-plate B. a stationing of a flat sheet metal plate extending from a point near the front end of the rcgis ter to a polnt near the rear end of said hinged section. The upper portions of the side-frame of said hinged section extend,

slightly to the rear of the rear edge of the platen and have transverse guide-rollers s, s, journaled therein. This hinged section has similar revolving centering-bosses suitably journaled therein below the platen in about the same plane as the centering-bosses of the stationary section. lVhen the former is closed down upon the latter. the webs of the paper that are unreelcd from these rolls F extend to and around. said guide-rollers s, and then extend longitudinally toward the front of the register over the platen. An ink ribbon box or trough G is secured to and projects from one side-frame of this hinged section and is adapted to hold a roll of two or three. sheets of manifolding material. and this manifolding material is extended transversely across the platen so that they he beary section consisting of parallel side-frames tween the record-strips F that are extended over the platen toward the front of the register so as to enable the Writing on the uppermost strip of record-paper to be manifolded on those below.

The record-strips are extended under a transverse bar a near the front edge of the platen, and this bar a connects the sideframes and at the same time provides a surface for the upper horizontal edge of the tension-finger 7) to bear against and prevent the back-lash or rearward movement of the strips of record-paper over the platen. The forward edge of the platen is recessed at c to permit the passage of the upper edge of the tension-linger to clamp the paper in this way, and the platen under said bar is pro vided with a transversegutter or depression that extends from side-fraine to side-frame. as shown in the drawings. and facilitates the threading of the strips of recmd-paper under the same when the register is being loaded and otherwise manipulated to make it ready for use. The tension-finger is mounted on a transverse rod d connecting thelside= frames in a suitable plane below the platen and is kept pressing upward and against bar a by a coil-spring e, the central portion of which is made straight and adapted to bear against said tension-finger and the coiled ends of which surround the rod and have their ends permanently secured to the same. A cutter or straightedge H normally bears down upon and holds the record-strips between it and the forward edge of the platen. The ends of this cutter-blade extend slightly beyond the side-frames of the register and are provided with downwardly and rearwardly projecting lugs f whose extremities are secured to the ends of a rock-bar I that is journaled in suitable bearings in said sideframe. Said rack-bar has a coil-spring g surrounding one end thereof, one end of said spring being secured to the adjacent sideframe of the hinged section and -the other end to the bar in such manner as to keep said cutter-blade normally pressing down upon the front end portion of the platen. The end of the cutting-blade opposite the ink ribbon trough is provided with a rearwardly projecting arm or presser-foot, by pressing down upon which the cutting-blade can be raised from the platen.

One of the cutter-blades extends slightly beyond its pivot and'has a rearward finger f that is adapted to be engaged by the apex of a pear-shaped cam J on the extended end of rock-bar it that is journaledin the sideframe, and this rock-bar 7:, is'provided with a forwardly projecting finger J that extends upwardly and forwardly therefrom and has its free extremities terminate immediately back of the tension pawl 72. Nearv one end of this rock-bar h it is provided with a forwardly projecting arm i that is bent so as to pass over the rod cl and has its forward end terminating slightly in front of the plane of the front edges of the side-frames. By depressing the forward. end of this arm 1' the cutter-blade will be raised upward out of engagement with the forward edge of the platen and. at the same time the tensionfinger will be pushed forward by the finger J out of engagement with the cross-bar a.

My invention comprises a construction which may be applied to any of the conventional types of registers. and the foregoing description relates to one of these types.

Secured to the underside of the platen near the front ends are suitable cross-bars 2 and 3. and these bars are pierced by and support suitable longitudinal parallel tubes 4, 4, which are of such length that the forward ends extend beyond the cross-bar 2 and terminate near the vertical plane of the forward edge of the platen. Between these bars said tubes 4 are each provided on the sides facing each other with a longitudinal slot 5, 5, to accommodate the movements of a transverse tie-bar 7 connecting the rear portions of the tubesfi, 6. These inner tubes 6 are of such length that their forward ends extend slightly beyond the front ends to tubes 4 when they are at the limit oftheir rearward movements, and these inner tubes contain telescopic rods 8, 8, that have a sliding movement within the same. f The forward movement of tubes 6 is limited by the tie-bar coming in contact with the rear end of alongitudinally reciprocable horizontal bolt 25 that extends through and has a reciprocable movement within suitable openings in the cross-bar 2 and in a cross-bar 26 located to the rear of the same, the ends of which are secured to the downwardly flanged side-edges of the platen. Between the crossbar 2 and the cross-member 26 bolt 25 has a downwardly projecting arm 27 and this limits the throw of the bolt by coming in contact with said member. The longitudinally reciprocable movement of the rods 8' in is inserted inone of a series of transaxial perforations 10 in rod 8, and has its ends projecting outside of the same and moves in longitudinally elongated slots 11 in tubes 6, substantially as shown in Fig. i of the drawings. These perforations 10 are made through the rear portions of said rod and by removing the pins-9 from one of these openings into another, the throw of the rods 8 is obtained according as desired. The forward ends of rods 8 are connected by a cross-bar 12 the central portion of which is made reater in height and has its upper portion bent horizontally rearward to form a jaw 13. This jaw is provided with teeth or serrations 14 on its under surface. This jaw constitutes the stationary member of the paper gripping device used in connection with my improvements, and it is adapted to coiiperate with a lower movable jaw 16 that has serrations on its upper surface that are adapted tointerlock with the serrations'on the under surface of the stationary upper jaw and bite into the paper and even perforate the same if desired.

In lieu of the serrations on the contacting faces of the gripping jaws 13 and 16, ll employ a punching mechanism (as shown in Fig. 7) that comprises a suitably shaped impaling or cutting member X mounted on one gripping jaw that is adapted to enter a correspondingly shaped recess or opening Y in the opposing jaw. This movable jaw comprises a short transverse strip of metal the ends of which are secured to the lower horizontally disposed flanges of bell-cranks 17 that are journalednear their angles to and between lugs a, projecting rearward from frame 12. The upper vertically disposed portions of said bell-cranks extend through meaaaa slots in the transverse frame 12 and above the upper edge thereof, and are connected by a suitable cross-bar 19. The pintle bolt pivotally connecting the bell-cranks of the movable jaw to the lugs w, m, is surrounded between said jaws'by a coil-spring 20, one end of which is secured to said pintle bolt and the other to the cross-frame so as to keep 2 the movable jaw normally out of engagement with the stationary jaw, and to the limit of its downward movement.

If desired, the transverse frame12 may be provided with rearwardly projecting lugs in substantially the same plane as the bellcranks of the movable jaw, that are connected by a gripping-bar 28, which is grasped by the finger when the bar 19 connecting the upper ends of said bell-cranks is grasped bythe thumb so as to give the finger of the operator a pr chase when he desires to manipulate the jaw to grasp the forward edge of the record-strips when he desires to pull them out of the register in the manner hereinafter more fully described.

The rearward movement of the transverse frame 12 that carries the paper-clamping device is determined and controlled by means of parallel bolts 22, 22, the rear ends of which are screw-threaded and tapped through cross-bar 2 and locked in any po sition towhich they may be longitudinally adjusted by means of lock-nuts k, k. By suitably adjusting these bolts 22, the forward ends thereof may be adjusted relativeto the vertical plane of the forward edge of the platen that the rearward movement of the clamping-jaw may be stopped at just the proper point to enable the clampingjaws to grasp the forward edge of the record-strips in such a manner that when said clamping-jaws are carried forward to the limit of the movement of the clamping-jaw frame itwill pull said record-strips forward out of the register just the distance it is de sired and just the distance necessary to bring the rear of the form printed onsaid record-strips to the position where they can be torn off on the strai ht edge of the cutting-blade B. When the record-strips are drawn out ofthe register, in the manner just stated, to the limit of the forward movement of the clamping-jaw frame, the crossbar 7 of the inner tubes 6 engages the rear end of the reciprocable bolt 25 and moves it forward to the limit of its forward movement, and the forward end of the latter comes in contact with the rear of the tension-fingcr Z) and moves its upper edge but of engagement with the stationary bar a and disengages the same from the recordstrips.

When the clamping-jaw frame is moved to the rearward limit of its movement an arm 2% that is secured to the lower edge extension-finger extends.

of the clamping-jaw frame 12 about its center of length, and which projects downward and rearward a suitable distance therefrom, engages an arm 23 secured to and f of one of the pivotal lugs of the cutterblade, and raises it up out of the way of the advancement of the upper stationary jaw 14 and thus enables the forward edge of the record-strips to-come between said stationary jaw and the movable jaw within the confines of the recess in the forward edge of the platen up through which the The arm 23 is adapted to engage the downward project ing arm 27 of bolt 25 when the latter is at the limit of its forward movement, and when said arm 23 is moved to the rear by arm24 the former engages arm 27 of the bolt and moves it rearwardly out of engagement with the stationary bar a. In view of the foregoing description of the construction of my improved record strip extracting device, the latter can be pulled out of the register just the distance desired, and while the paper is thus being drawn out the tension-finger will automatically release its engagement of the same and remove the resistance due to its pressure thereon. When the record-strips have been written upon and said paper extracting devices are moved to the rear again to grasp the front edge of the next relay of said strips, and when the record-strips are thus drawnout to the desired limit the,cuttingblade is in position so that by grasping the clamping-jaws so asto release its hold on the extracted record-strips the latter can be torn off uponthe straight edge of said cutting-blade, and when the said clamping-- jaws are moved to the limit of their rearward movement the tension-finger will automatically clamp the paper again and the cutting-blade will be raised up out of the wayso as notto interfere with the action of theiclamping-jaws.

What I claim as new is:

1. An autographic register comprising side-frames, a platen carried thereby, means for supplying paper in strips across said platen, a clamping device supported on the register thatis normally in engagement with devices carried by said slide that grip the paper and Withdraw the same from the register, and means for adjusting the throw of said slide.

3. An 'autographic register comprising a platen, means for supplying paper across said platen, a clamping device supported on the register that is normally in engagement with the free end of said paper, a slide movable toward and from said platen, means carried by said slide that automatically release said clamping device from the paper when said slide is in its position nearest said platen, and gripping devices carried by said slidethat are adapted to engage the paper and withdraw the same from the register.

+l. An autographic register comprising a suitable supporting frame, a. platen interposed between the sides of said frame,

means for supplying paper across said platen, a pair of telescopic tubes secured on each edge of said platen, a piston within the inner tube of each pair of tubes, a plate connecting the outer ends of said pistons that is mounted on said platen the outer end of which is movable toward and from one end of said platen, and gripping-jaws earried by said plate that are adapted to gri p the adjacent end of the paper andwithdraw it from said registeiz' An autographic register comprising a suitable supporting-frame, a platen interposed between the sides of said frame, means for supplying paper across said platen, a pair of stationary tubes that are secured to the underside of said platen, a pair of telescopic tubes cooperating therewith, and pistons in each telescopic tube,a plate connecting the outer ends of said pistons and movable toward and away from the end of said platen. gripping-jaws carried on said plate that are adapted to automatically grip the zuljacent end of the paper and withdraw it from the register. i

(3. An autographic register comprising a supporting frame, a platen interposed between its sides, means for supplying paper across the same, a tearing-blade supported by the register that is normally in engage ment with the free end of said paper, and a pull-out slide for the paper the movement of which toward said platen automatically releases said tearing-blade from the paper and the movement of wlnch in the opposite" directlon automatically resets said tearingblade.

usages supporting frame, and a platen, the combination with means for supplying paper across. said platen, tubes secured to said platen, a telescopic frame slidably mounted in said tubes consisting of cylinders reciprocable in said tubes, plungers within said cylinders, a cross-member connecting the outer ends of said plungers, and a gripping device mounted on said cross-member that is adapted to engage and. withdraw the paper from the register.

9. An autographic register comprising a platen, means for supplying paper across the same, and a. pull-out mechanism for said paper comprising parallel tubes secured to the underside of said platen, a cylinder slidably mounted in each tube, plungers for said cylmders, a cross-bar connecting the outer ends of said plungers, and gripping-jaws carried by said cross-bar andadapted to engage the end of the paper and withdraw the same from said register.

10. An autographic register comprising a platen, means for, supplying paper across said platen, a clamping device supported on the registerthat is normally in engagement with the free end of said paper, a slide movable toward and from said platen, means carried by said slide that automatically releases said clamping device when said slide is in a position nearest said platen, gripping devices carried by said slide that are adapted to engage the paper and withdraw the same from'the register, and means I for adjusting the throw of the slide.

11. An autographic register comprising a supporting frame, a platen interposed between its sides, means for supplying paper across the same, a clamp supported on said register that is normally in engagement with the free endof said paper, a telescopic reciprocable slide that releases said clamp at the limit of its movement toward said platen and the movement of. which int-he opposite direction returns said clamp into engagement with the paper, and gripping-jaws carried by said slide adapted'to engage the paper and withdraw it from the register.

,12.-ln an autograplnc register, a supporting-frame, a platen interposed between the sides thereot, means for supplying paper "longitudinally over said platen, a device supported on t egister for automatically clamping theadvanced edges of said paper, a frame adaptedto move toward and from the end of sa d platen tLdJflCQXlt said clamping devices, an arni extending therefrom, and 'means engaged by said arm to move lll nalslots therein and telescopically engaged said clamping device upward out of engagement with the paper when the frame is at the limit of its movement toward the platen.

13. An autographic register comprising a platen, means for supplying paper longitudinally over the same, a transverse tearing blade supported on the register that is adapted to automatically clamp the advanced edge of the paper upon the platen, a frame movable toward and from said platen, gripping devices carried by said frame that is adapted to automatically grip the advanced edgeof the paper, and means engaged by a member carried by said frame that raises the tearing blade when said frame reaches the limit of its movement to ward the platen.

14. An autographic register comprising a platen, means for supplying paper longitudinally over the same, a transverse tearing blade supported on. the register that is adapted to clamp the advanced edge of the paper upon the platen, a frame movable toward and from said platen, gripping devices carried by said frame that are adapted to automatically grip the advanced edge of the paper, mechanism engaged by a member carried by said frame that raises the tearing blade when said frame reaches the limit of its movement toward the platen, and means that automatically release said tearing blade and permit it to clamp the paper again, as the frame moves away from the platen.

15. An autographic register comprising a platen, means for supplying paper longitud nally over said platen, a sliding-frame, longitudinal parallel bars, longitudinal tubes having longitudinal slots therein and telescopically engaged by said bars, pins projecting from said bars into said slots and paper gripping devices carried by said frame.

16. An autographic register comprising a platen, means for supplying paper longitudinally over said platen, a reciprocable frame, longitudinal parallel bars on whose outer ends said frame is supported, reci-pro cable longitudinal tubes having longitudihy said bars, pins projecting from said bars into said slots, stationary longitudinal tubes secured to the underside of said platen that are telescopically engaged by said reciprocable tubes, and gripping devices carried by said frame.

1.7. An autographic register comprising a platen, means for supplying paper longitudinally over said platen, a sliding-frame, longitudinal parallel bars, longitudinal tubes having longitudinal slots therein and telescopically engaged by said bars, pins projecting from said bars into said slots, paper gripping devices carried by said frame, and bolts supported under the platen for limiting the rearward movement of said frame and gripping devices.

18. An autographic register comprising a platen, means for supplying paper longitudinally over said platen, a reciprocable frame, longitudinal parallel bars on whose outer ends said frame is supported, reciprocable longitudinal tubes having longitudinal slots therein and telescopically engaged by said bars, pins projecting from said bars into said slots, stationary longitudinal tubes secured to the underside of said platen that are telescopically engaged by said reciprocable tubes, gripping devices carried by said frame, and bolts supported under the platen for limiting the rearward movement of said frame and gripping devices.

19. An autographic register comprising a platen, means for supplying paper longitudinally over said platen, an automatically depressible cutting-bar adapted to clamp the advanced edge of the paper upon the platen, a reciprocable frame, longitudinal. parallel bars on whose outer ends said frame is supported, reciprocable longitudinal tubes having longitudinal slots therein and tele scopically engaged by said bars, pins projecting from said bars into said slots, stationary longitudinal tubes secured to the underside of said platen that are telescopically engaged by said reciprocable tubes. means actuated by said movable tubes that release the cutting-bar from the raised position to which it is moved by the rearward movement of the said frame and permit its automatic return to its clamping position, and gripping devices carried by said frame. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 9th day of July, 1912.

ENGLAND J. BARKER.

Witnesses:

FRANK D. Tnonnson,

K. Lunar. 

